Chapter Summaries

Qin Yu finished modifying his Human Demon Puppet and prepared to eliminate the Feng Alliance, while Yun Yun warned Zi Yan to rest before the coming battle. Qin Yu then planned to consult Yao Chen about an Earth Tier ruler technique.

• Yun Yun told Zi Yan that Qin Yu had finished the puppet and warned her to rest because they would soon attack the Feng Alliance.
• Qin Yu fitted blades, armor, and a lightning-core Formation to the Human Demon Puppet, then tested its attacks.
• Qin Yu contacted Yun Yun through their Qilin Mark and said he still needed to make preparations before taking down the Feng Alliance.
• Qin Yu took out the Six Directions Wandering Body Ruler scroll and decided to ask Yao Chen whether he had anything useful.

Qin Yu traded the Six Directions Wandering Body Ruler to Yao Chen for a Soul Art and a Sea Demon Heartstone, then left Xiao Yan curious about where his techniques came from. After a week of uneasy calm between Jia Nan Academy and the Feng Alliance, news of the Gold and Silver Elders’ deaths warned Han Feng that a dangerous group had arrived.

• Qin Yu offered Yao Chen the Six Directions Wandering Body Ruler and asked for something to strengthen his soul power.
• Yao Chen gave Qin Yu a Soul Art scroll and a Sea Demon Heartstone, while Xiao Yan eagerly studied the Dou Technique.
• Xiao Yan asked Qin Yu about the origins of his techniques, but Qin Yu refused to explain and left as a woman arrived to meet Xiao Yan.
• Qin Yu set aside the Heartstone until the Feng Alliance conflict was resolved, while Jia Nan Academy’s elders prepared and Han Feng recruited allies.
• A week later, Han Feng learned that the Gold and Silver Elders had been killed near Feng City, and Protector Xuan warned him that the attackers were formidable.

Qin Yu and his allies fought Han Feng, Protector Xuan, Elder Yingshan, and Su Qian’s opponents outside Feng City. After Qin Yu’s two Heavenly Flames overwhelmed Han Feng’s attack, Protector Xuan saved him from the first Qilin, but Qin Yu summoned a second one and left them facing a dire choice.

• The Earth Demon Puppet attacked Han Feng while Elder Yingshan and Su Qian were held up by the Human Demon Puppet and ten Hall of Souls Soul Envoys.
• Protector Xuan battled the Earth Demon Puppet while Han Feng struggled against Qin Yu’s secret-technique-enhanced strength.
• Han Feng summoned the Sea Heart Illusory Beast, and Qin Yu answered with a Qilin formed from the Volcanic Rock Flame and the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Han Feng recognized Qin Yu’s two Heavenly Flames and asked about his connection to Yao Chen, but Qin Yu’s Qilin shattered the Sea Heart Illusory Beast and charged at him.
• Protector Xuan blocked the first Qilin, but Qin Yu formed a second one and asked how they would deal with it.

Qin Yu defeated Han Feng and Protector Xuan with his Heavenly Flames, puppets, and Chaos Formation. Protector Xuan’s body was destroyed, but Qin Yu caught his escaping soul, leaving both enemies in his grasp.

• Qin Yu’s second Heavenly Flame Qilin overwhelmed Han Feng, and Protector Xuan used Han Feng as a shield before capturing his soul with a Soul Chain.
• Protector Xuan fled with Han Feng’s soul, but the Earth Demon Puppet and Human Demon Puppet blocked his way after the Earth Demon Puppet killed the Ten Soul Envoys.
• Qin Yu activated his Chaos Formation, disrupting Protector Xuan’s Dou Qi and dispersing his black mist form.
• The Earth Demon Puppet and Human Demon Puppet battered Protector Xuan until his body was destroyed.
• Qin Yu caught Protector Xuan’s escaping soul with hooked chains before it could leave the Chaos Formation.

Qin Yu and Su Qian finished defeating the Feng Alliance and gathered its treasures, leaving Jia Nan Academy’s enemies in the Black-Corner Region badly weakened. After returning to the academy, Qin Yu planned to attempt refining a Seventh-Rank Pill once everyone had rested.

• Qin Yu captured Han Feng’s soul in a Container after tightening the hooked chains, while Su Qian brought back the defeated Elder Yingshan alive.
• Qin Yu and Su Qian agreed the academy would rest after returning, and Qin Yu mentioned expanding its grounds before attempting to refine a Seventh-Rank Pill.
• Qin Yu and the others raided Feng City’s treasury, where Yun Yun obtained a rare Sixth-Rank Pill and Xiao Yi Xian acquired an Earth Tier poison-attribute Dou Technique.
• Qin Yu let Zi Yan choose what she wanted from Han Feng’s Storage Ring, and she asked to join the next battle and treasure raid.

Qin Yu learned that the academy’s borders had expanded, then watched Xiao Xun'er leave with Ling Quan before heading to a barren mountain to attempt his first Seventh-Rank Pill. He prepared the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron and two demon puppets to face the Pill Lightning.

• Yun Yun took the Cloud-Clear Heavenly Wind Pill after pushing Qin Yu out of her room.
• Qin Yu asked Su Qian about the academy’s borders and learned that the Black-Corner Region’s factions had kept their distance.
• Qin Yu found Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er confronting Ling Quan, then watched Ling Quan take Xiao Xun'er away from the academy.
• Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to return to cultivating, and Xiao Yan headed back to the academy.
• Qin Yu set up the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron and his Earth Demon Puppet and Human Demon Puppet to refine his first Seventh-Rank Pill.

Qin Yu refined the Orchid Green Pill, a Seventh-Rank Mid-Level pill whose completion drew Pill Lightning that his two puppets endured. After refining several more pills over the following days, he attracted the academy's attention, and Su Qian planned to speak with him.

• Qin Yu completed the Orchid Green Pill while the Earth Demon Puppet and Human Demon Puppet absorbed the Pill Lightning.
• Yao Chen brought Xiao Yan to watch and explained that Pill Lightning accompanied the formation of mid-tier seventh-grade pills.
• Qin Yu noticed that the Human Demon Puppet absorbed the lightning better and that its body had begun to develop a silver gleam.
• Qin Yu refined three more mid-tier seventh-grade pills over the next several days, repeatedly drawing Pill Lightning.
• Su Qian told the academy to keep students away from Qin Yu and decided to speak with him after his current pill was finished.

Qin Yu agreed to refine a Seventh-Rank Pill in public so the students of Jia Nan Academy could watch, and the academy prepared for the crowds and Pill Lightning. As he began refining the Green Pine Pill, Zi Yan also asked him to help break a Seal hiding a possible treasure.

• Su Qian asked Qin Yu to let the students watch him refine a pill, and Qin Yu agreed on the condition that the academy provide the ingredients.
• The academy announced Qin Yu's public Seventh-Rank Pill refining session, prompting students—including Lin Xiuyan and Lin Yan—to gather and elders to prepare for Pill Lightning.
• Qin Yu searched the medicinal herb repository for ingredients while Zi Yan asked him to help break a Seal at a place she had found while treasure hunting.
• Zi Yan brought Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian to watch Qin Yu refine pills; Yun Yun neared the Dou Zong threshold, while Xiao Yi Xian reached Seven-Star Dou Emperor and mastered an Earth Tier poison-attribute Dou Technique.
• A week later, Qin Yu began refining the Green Pine Pill before a vast crowd at Jia Nan Academy's largest plaza.

Qin Yu completed the Green Pine Pill and used its Pill Lightning to evolve his Human Demon Puppet into the silver-white Thunder Puppet. After spending time with Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian, he began taking the pills he had prepared to strengthen himself.

• Qin Yu refined a Green Pine Pill while Lin Xiuyan, Lin Yan, and Xiao Yan watched, and Xiao Yan observed his technique for Yao Chen.
• Qin Yu sent his Human Demon Puppet into the Pill Lightning, where it absorbed the lightning and transformed into the Thunder Puppet as the Green Pine Pill was completed.
• Qin Yu visited Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian, gave Xiao Yi Xian an Emperor's Extreme Pill, and told them he planned to visit a treasure site with Zi Yan.
• Qin Yu embraced Yun Yun, and their teasing turned increasingly explicit until Xiao Yi Xian fled in embarrassment.
• Several days later, Yun Yun came out of her room with Qin Yu looking rosy and weak, and Qin Yu began taking the Green Pine Pill and another Seventh-Rank Pill after resting at home.

After discovering that the Sea Demon Heartstone triggered Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame, Qin Yu stripped the flame seed from Han Feng and decided to devour it while refining the heartstone. He entered seclusion after informing Yun Yun, leaving Zi Yan furious that he had broken their treasure-hunting promise.

• After taking the Green Pine Pill, Qin Yu sensed his soul power had reached the late stage of the Mortal Realm and learned to cultivate it with Yao Chen’s Soul Art.
• When Qin Yu brought out the Sea Demon Heartstone, it reacted with Han Feng’s imprisoned soul, drawing out wisps of the Sea Heart Flame.
• Qin Yu used the heartstone and his own power to strip the Sea Heart Flame seed from Han Feng, then imprisoned Han Feng again.
• After deciding to devour the weakened Sea Heart Flame and refine the Sea Demon Heartstone, Qin Yu sent Yun Yun a message that he was entering seclusion.
• After Yun Yun told Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan, Zi Yan complained that Qin Yu had broken his promise to go treasure hunting with her.

After three months in seclusion, Qin Yu broke through to the Dou Zong realm and received three powerful golden traits. He chose Emperor Hong Violet Qi, refined its power with the help of three Heavenly Flames, and emerged stronger, with his cultivation nearing two-star Dou Zong.

• Qin Yu used the Sea Heart Flame and Sea Demon Heartstone to break through to Dou Zong, while Su Qian sensed the disturbance and came to investigate.
• Qin Yu received three golden trait options: Heavenly Spirit Surge, Emperor Hong Violet Qi, and Yin-Yang Severance.
• Qin Yu chose Emperor Hong Violet Qi and was nearly torn apart when its power surged through him.
• Qin Yu used the Volcanic Rock Flame, Green Lotus Core Flame, and Sea Heart Flame to refine the violet qi, strengthening his body and cultivation.
• Qin Yu found that the violet qi would not respond again, then noticed that his acquaintances had gathered nearby.

After breaking through to Dou Zong, Qin Yu reunited with his companions and learned that the Inner Academy was quiet and Qing Lin had sent letters from the Jia Ma Empire. He planned to help Zi Yan inspect the Seal before preparing to head to the Central Plains in search of the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast.

• Qin Yu's companions marveled at his rapid breakthrough, while Zi Yan complained that he had left her waiting for three months after promising to help with the Seal.
• Qin Yu asked about the Inner Academy and learned that the Strong List tournament had ended, with Xiao Yan using two Earth Tier Dou Techniques against Liu Qing.
• Qin Yu decided he could leave for the Central Plains after accompanying Zi Yan to the Seal, and he named the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast as his main target there.
• Xiao Yi Xian showed Qin Yu and Yun Yun letters from Qing Lin describing her cultivation progress and how much she missed them.
• Zi Yan caught Qin Yu, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun reading Qing Lin's letters, then blushed and left after Xiao Yi Xian teased her.
• Qin Yu was left alone after Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian walked away, and he decided to settle Zi Yan's matter first.

Qin Yu and Zi Yan found and broke a sealed cave in the Black-Corner Region, revealing a Heavenly Demon Phoenix mummy that stirred Zi Yan’s hostility. After Qin Yu destroyed the mummy and let Zi Yan tear it apart, the group prepared to travel to the Central Plains, while Yun Yun hoped to visit her sect.

• Zi Yan led Qin Yu to a hidden cave, where he used fused Heavenly Flames to smash open the sealed stone door.
• Qin Yu found an eighth-rank Heavenly Demon Phoenix mummy behind the door, and Zi Yan felt a strong urge to destroy it.
• Qin Yu took the mummy back to the Inner Academy, where Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun questioned him about Zi Yan’s sudden silence.
• Several days later, Qin Yu burned the mummy before Zi Yan and let her tear it apart, then gave her most of the items recovered from it.
• Qin Yu and the others began preparing to travel to the Central Plains, and Yun Yun wanted to visit her sect and learn whether Nalan Yanran had emerged from the Life-and-Death Gate.

Qin Yu learned that the Sky Serpent Mansion was trying to take Qing Lin, so he and his companions rushed back to the Jia Ma Empire. As the Sky Serpent Mansion Master moved to seize her by force, an unknown silver figure arrived and knocked him away with one punch.

• Qin Yu set aside his stalled efforts to refine Emperor Hong Violet Qi, made more Qilin Blood Pills for Xiao Yu, and gave Zi Yan a few.
• Qin Yu learned that Hai Bo Dong had escaped the Sky Serpent Mansion's Dou Emperor elders with Qing Lin and taken her to the Misty Cloud Sect, where Yun Shan and Yun Yun defended her.
• The Sky Serpent Mansion sent its Two-Star Dou Zong Master to Misty Cloud Mountain, and he demanded that Yun Yun hand over Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Qin Yu and his companions hurried back to the Jia Ma Empire while the Sky Serpent Mansion Master prepared to take Qing Lin by force.
• A silver figure struck the Sky Serpent Mansion Master with one punch, sending him crashing through boulders as his followers stared in shock.

Qin Yu arrived at Misty Cloud Sect and used his two puppets to overpower Tian She and Sky Serpent Mansion’s forces. He forced Tian She to agree to compensation and hand over everything the mansion knew about Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils so Qin Yu could guide her cultivation.

• Qin Yu’s Earth Puppet and Thunder Puppet defeated Sky Serpent Mansion’s fighters and threw the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor at Tian She’s group.
• Tian She begged the puppets to stop, and Zi Yan taunted him before Qin Yu took over the negotiations.
• Qin Yu gave Tian She a list of rare items as compensation and ordered him and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor to remain as hostages while two elders returned to fetch them.
• Tian She asked to discuss Qing Lin, and Qin Yu demanded all of Sky Serpent Mansion’s knowledge about the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, promising to guide her cultivation himself.
• Tian She agreed to hand over the information, believing Qin Yu would eventually need Sky Serpent Mansion’s help.

Qin Yu reunited with Qing Lin and reassured her after she blamed herself for the trouble caused by her eyes. When Sky Serpent Mansion's people returned with their former Manor Lord Nether Serpent, he arrived to ensure they could leave safely.

• The Misty Cloud Sect kept Tian She under guard with Earth Puppet and Thunder Puppet while its disciples watched the well-behaved Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor.
• Qin Yu reunited with Qing Lin, comforted her, and gave Hai Bo Dong a Profound Ice Freezing Pill for his help protecting her.
• Qing Lin asked Qin Yu for a pill so she could grow stronger, but he warned her against relying on pills and said another way might be possible after Sky Serpent Mansion's people returned.
• Yun Shan grew more confident after Qin Yu returned with two Six-Star Dou Zong puppets, though he knew they would leave with Qin Yu.
• Nether Serpent, Sky Serpent Mansion's former Manor Lord and a Seven-Star Dou Zong, accompanied the returning elders to ensure their people could leave safely, then asked whether Qin Yu truly had two Six-Star Dou Zong puppets.

Qin Yu accepted Sky Serpent Mansion’s substitute cultivation resources and kept the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor at Misty Cloud Sect. He used the resources to create two new Five-Star Dou Zong puppets and then went to check on Qing Lin’s cultivation.

• Nether Serpent delivered two Seventh-Tier Magical Cores and another formation in place of the items Sky Serpent Mansion lacked, then left the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor behind at Misty Cloud Sect.
• Qin Yu explained the arrangement to the disgruntled Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, which curled up and went to sleep.
• Qin Yu gave Qing Lin the cultivation resources and went to the back mountain to refine two puppets using the Seventh-Tier Magical Cores.
• Qin Yu infused the first puppet with the Green Lotus Core Flame’s power, creating a Five-Star Dou Zong puppet that could wield the flame as a consumable.
• Qin Yu used Protector Xuan’s soul in the second puppet, silenced his threats with three Heavenly Flames, and completed another Five-Star Dou Zong puppet.
• Qin Yu went to see Qing Lin as she continued cultivating.

The Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor decided to abandon the Sky Serpent Mansion and pledge loyalty to Qing Lin and the Misty Cloud Sect. His defection pleased Yun Shan and further irritated Jia Xing Tian.

• Qin Yu learned that the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor had been asking Qing Lin about him, Yun Yun, and Zi Yan, and realized the serpent wanted to switch sides.
• Qing Lin continued training with Qin Yu, while the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor grew bored after she stopped visiting him.
• Qing Lin returned with Qin Yu and Zi Yan, and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor worried that they might kill him for his Magic Core.
• Before Qin Yu could ask, the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor volunteered to join the Misty Cloud Sect and pledge himself to Qing Lin.
• The Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor promised to contract with Qing Lin once she was strong enough, and Qin Yu accepted his pledge.
• Yun Shan celebrated the news and flaunted the Misty Cloud Sect's growing strength to Jia Xing Tian, who could only grumble.

After two months without news from the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, Tian She secretly tried to contact it while Nether Serpent refused to intervene. On Misty Cloud Mountain, Qing Lin formed a Heart-Eye Symbiosis Contract with Old Eight after her soul power surged, then collapsed into Qin Yu’s arms.

• Nether Serpent stopped Tian She from contacting the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, but Tian She secretly sent it a message that went unanswered.
• Qing Lin told Qin Yu she wanted to form a Heart-Eye Symbiosis Contract with the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, and Qin Yu explained its risks and benefits.
• Qing Lin and Old Eight began forming the contract while Qin Yu monitored their souls, and Qing Lin’s soul power began to falter.
• Qing Lin’s soul power suddenly surged, allowing her to complete the contract and nearly reach the late Mortal Realm.
• Qing Lin’s strength drained away after the contract formed, and Qin Yu caught her as she fell asleep.

Qin Yu helped Qing Lin establish the Heart-Eye Symbiosis Contract with Old Eight, then prepared to boost her cultivation by capturing powerful snake-type Magical Beasts. He and Old Eight reached the lair of a peak Tier 6 Profound Nether Serpent, which emerged as they arrived.

• Old Eight gained a portion of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils' power through its contract with Qing Lin, and Qin Yu told it to prepare to capture a Tier 6 snake-type Magical Beast.
• Qing Lin woke after nearly a day of sleep, celebrated her successful contract with Qin Yu, and resolved to cultivate until she caught up with Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan.
• Qin Yu strengthened Qing Lin with medicinal baths and discussed the resources needed for her rapid cultivation with Old Eight, which promised to seek help from Sky Serpent Mansion.
• Qin Yu and Old Eight entered the Magic Beast Mountain Range to capture a peak Tier 6 Profound Nether Serpent, and Old Eight steeled itself to prove its worth.
• Qin Yu and Old Eight reached the serpent's mountain lair, and a massive snake head emerged from a crack in the mountain.